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- A large Zulu force of more than 20,000, commanded by Ntshingwayo kaMahole Khoza and Mavumengwana kaNdlela Ntuli, attacked and massacred the British force of fewer than 2,000 at Isandlwana before Chelmsford’s men returned. The British losses included some 800 regular army troops as well as 500 African auxiliary troops.
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The Battle of Isandlwana (alternative spelling: Isandhlwana) on 22 January 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.
- 22 January 1879
- Tristan Hughes
- Lord Chelmsford invaded Zululand with a British army on 11 January. The invasion came after Cetshwayo, the king of the Zulu Kingdom, did not reply to an unacceptable British ultimatum that demanded (among other things) he disband his 35,000-strong army.
- Chelmsford made a fundamental tactical error. Confident that his modernised army could easily quash Cetshwayo’s technologically inferior forces, Chelmsford was more worried that the Zulus would avoid fighting him on the open field.
- 1,300 men were left to defend Isandlwana… Half of this number were either native auxiliaries or European colonial troops; the other half were from British battalions.
- … but the camp was not suited for defence. Chelmsford and his staff decided not to erect any substantial defences for Isandlwana, not even a defensive circle of wagons.
Commanders at the Battle of Isandlwana: Lieutenant Colonel Pulleine of the 24 th Foot and Lieutenant Colonel Durnford commanded the British force at the battle. The Zulu Army was commanded by Chiefs Ntshingwayo kaMahole and Mavumengwana kaMdlela Ntuli.
Jan 25, 2014 · The battle of Isandlwana in 1879 - in which a force of 20,000 Zulus annihilated a British contingent of 1,800 men - became a symbol to black South Africans that white domination was not...
May 8, 2017 · The Battle of Isandlwana proved to be the worst defeat ever suffered by British forces against native opposition. All told, the battle cost the British 858 killed as well as 471 of their African troops for a total of 1,329 dead.
There, 150 British and colonial troops fought off wave after wave of attacks for ten grueling hours before the Zulus finally retreated. Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded following the station’s remarkable survival. Isandlwana was a humiliating defeat for a British government that hadn’t even ordered the attack on Zululand in the first place.
While the Zulu won the battle at Isandlwana, they would lose the war. The defeat shocked the British public and government, who demanded vengeance. London poured in reinforcements and Chelmsford‘s successor, General Wolseley, launched a massive counteroffensive that crushed Zulu resistance.
